Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [pers pn] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Railways still in a mess after the air raids — they were so delayed they missed the last ferry connection . |
| 2 | The cleaner and better groomed you look the greater will be the impression of efficiency and being in command of the situation which you give to the interviewer . |
| 3 | Do not simply give a list of the work you have been doing up to date but show how the experience you have gained in the other job has directly fitted you to do the new one . |
| 4 | This had n't stopped him following the actual strategy , but Richmann was n't about to let anyone tell him how to do his job that was a matter of principle . |
| 5 | ‘ But , ’ he went on inexorably , ‘ I had n't expected you to achieve the desired result in one short morning in a strange city . |
| 6 | How come they use the same box office , I suppose they would would n't they ? |
| 7 | In fact , she would have ideally wanted them to spend the next day and a half in bed together , and hang the consequences . |
| 8 | She had never imagined him doing the ordinary things of life : taking a bath , shaving , going shopping , or sitting in a bar somewhere with his friends , laughing and telling jokes . |